PRYOR, David Hampton, (father of Mark Pryor),
a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Camden,
Ouachita County, Ark., August 29, 1934; attended the public schools of Camden;
attended Henderson State Teachers College; graduated, University of Arkansas
1957; graduated, University of Arkansas Law School 1964; admitted to the bar in
1964 and commenced practice in Camden; founder and publisher, Ouachita Citizen
1957-1960; elected State representative in 1960 and reelected in 1962 and 1964;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, August 9, 1966, by special
election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Oren Harris and at
the same time elected to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the two
succeeding Congresses and served from November 8, 1966, to January 3, 1973; was
not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the House of Representatives, but was
an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the United States Senate; Governor
of Arkansas 1975-1979; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in
1978; reelected in 1984 and 1990 and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3,
1997; was not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Special Committee
on Aging (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses); Dean,
Clinton School of Public Service, University of Arkansas 2004-; is a resident
of Little Rock, Ark.